by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 3, 2020 | Health News
“Then, by the beginning of 2021, we hope to have a couple hundred million doses,” Fauci said during a live Q&A with the Journal of the American Medical Association. However, it’s still not clear whether the vaccine will be effective against the novel coronavirus. Fauci said the first vaccine candidate, made by biotech company Moderna […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 27, 2020 | Health News
While several vaccine developers have issued statements looking into the future — setting possible timetables for study completion and vaccine manufacturing — the ethicists and doctors say one group in particular stands out as being the most aggressive in...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 23, 2020 | Health News
The vaccine, developed by CanSino Biological Inc. and the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, was tested in 108 healthy adults ages 18 to 60 in Wuhan, China, none of whom were infected with the virus. All the participants received injections at low, middle or high...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 18, 2020 | Health News
If future studies go well, the company’s vaccine could be available to the public as early as January, Dr. Tal Zaks, Moderna’s chief medical officer, told CNN. “This is absolutely good news and news that we think many have been waiting for for quite...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 13, 2020 | Health News
One approach is more typical, and involves each company working independently on its own trial, according to two members of the Accelerating Covid-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines group, or ACTIV, which was organized last month by the National Institutes of...
